SEATTLE -- Seth Smith hit a pair of home runs and drove in four to back up a solid outing by Ariel Miranda and the Seattle Mariners remained in the thick of the congested wild-card race with a 7-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday.The Mariners (79-70) are tied with Detroit (79-70), which beat Cleveland 9-5. Seattle came into the day trailing Toronto, which holds the second wild card spot, by two games.Smith had a solo shot in the third and a three-run blast in the fourth, both on 3-1 pitches from Doug Fister (12-12). He now has 16 home runs on the season, one short of his career high.Miranda (5-1), acquired in a trade with Baltimore on July 31 for LH Wade Miley, went seven innings -- his longest outing in 10 starts with Seattle -- allowing two runs on three hits. He walked one and struck out eight. Vapormax Plus Schweiz . Vancouver Whitecaps and Toronto FC failed to make the postseason while Montreal Impact fell at the first hurdle losing heavily to Houston Dynamo in the Eastern Conference Knockout Round. Nike Joyride Run Schweiz . - Connor McDavid scored 53 seconds into overtime as the Erie Otters came from behind to defeat the visiting Guelph Storm 4-3 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. http://www.vapormaxkaufenschweiz.com/ . -- Matt Kuchar and Harris English ran away with the Franklin Templeton Shootout, shooting a 14-under 58 on Sunday in the final-round scramble to break the tournament course record. Vapormax Schweiz . The 26-year-old Ireland striker, who has four goals this season, has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with his new club. Vapormax Schwarz Herren Schweiz . According to a report from the Vancouver Province, the Lions are expected to replace former DC Rich Stubler with defensive backs coach Mark Washington. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Reggie Baker scored 25 points and Brandon Tabb made three 3-pointers and had 19 points as Bethune-Cookman beat Kennesaw State 75-72 on Wednesday night.Kennesaw State, which trailed by 16 points in the second half, tied it at 67-all with 2:54 remaining. But Baker scored Bethune-Cookmans next six points and, after the Owls pulled to 73-72, Tabb made two free throws with 7 seconds left.Baker made 9 of 12 free throws and Tabb hit all six of his attempts for Bethune-Cookman (1-1), which was 22 of 30 from the stripe.Tabb scored 13 points in the first half,, Baker added 11 and Bethune-Cookman had a 32-23 lead.dddddddddddd Aubrey Williams had eight points and eight rebounds for Kennesaw State.Williams and Johannes Nielsen each scored 15 points for Kennesaw State (1-2), and Williams grabbed 15 rebounds.While Bethune-Cookmans Moore Gym undergoes renovations after Hurricane Matthew, the Wildcats will play home games at the Ocean Center in St. Augustine and the Embry-Riddles ICI Center in Daytona Beach. ' ' '